## Comments #---------- # Comments start with a # and ignored by the Perl 6 compiler. # By the way, this is a single-line comment. #`{ You can use matching bracketing characters such as [], (), {}, etc. for multi-line comments } ## Printing to the standard output: # say - prints its arguments to the standard output, followed by a newline. # It calls the .gist method on its arguments. say "Hello World"; # function invocation say("Hello World"); "Hello World".say; # method invocation # print - prints its arguments to the standard output, without appending # a newline. print "Hello World\n"; # put - works like say but doesn't call the .gist method on its arguments. put "Hello World";